Iceland
At each high-school and or junior college ceremonial graduation the graduating students are allowed to wear their student caps for the first time. Know simply as stúdentshúfa, the Icelandic student caps have mostly the same shape and colour as the other traditional Nordic student caps of Sweden and Denmark, they however tend to have a slightly tighter fit and appear somewhat stiffer and more defined in shape.
It has a white crown, a black band and a black peak. At the front of the band is a silver star.
One of the caps dissitinctive traits is the possibility of removing the top white crown, which in return reveals a black version of the cap's crown. This is due to the Icelandic tradition dictating that after an entire year as a graduate and after finishing a year of university education the student should remove the white cover-piece, signifying his or hers academic status as a university stúdent. This practice has its roots in the traditions concerning the black caps of the Danish students. During the year the cap is white, the student is known as nýstúdent or new-student.
The first Icelandic students to wear these caps were graduates of "Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík" or "Reykjavík College". In modern times different versions have been introduced. These caps often have different coloured crowns which differ from the traditional white coloured crown. This is done in order to allow students which graduate at secondary level from schools specialising in academic trade- industry- and/or craftmen-programs, "iðnskóli". The colours of these crowns are often red or green.
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